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Re:I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit by lrem on Thursday December 05, 2019 @04:09AM (#21710943)
How are these compensations in the US? I know in some European countries they're below minimal wage and don't care for any asset losses.
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Re:I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit by ceejayoz on Thursday December 05, 2019 @08:21AM (#21712024)
A good number of states (~20ish) don't offer any compensation at all.

Wisconsin's limit is $5k/year and $25k/total, which comes out to about 2% of the Federal hourly minimum wage in OP's case.

You can sue, but that risks the result being $0.

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Re:I spent 22 years in prison for a crime I didn’t commit by mikeyouse on Thursday December 05, 2019 @07:18PM (#21718161)
You'd have to sue on contingency too which lops 30% off the top of any settlement as well.
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